[Dixiemom]

I have splurge days, so those are days when I will plan to eat my weekly points. I try to keep it to one day a week, I may be eat all my wps (i do not plan to go over my wps) but it depends on the situations. Then I will stay within my dps for the rest of the week. With Easter I have spilt my wps between 2 days becuase of 2 family dinners. In a few wks we are going away for the weekend and eating out 3 or 4 times,I will try to make healthier choices but may not be ale to stay within my wps. I am not to worried about it becuase the rest of the week I will make sure I stay to my dps, plus we do not go away very often so I will treat myself. (that is the way I will live after reaching goal so that is how I also want to live now. )

So set your own realistic guideline and stick to them, wws is about flexibility and making it fit to your life, so figure out what works for you and plan to eat that way.

[shrewlu]

Originally Posted by JuvenileNarcissist

I usually don't have "cheat days." Like others here, I'll have splurge days, but I track them. I've lost 65 lbs. this way. Occasionally I'll take a break for holidays and not count. I also do trivia every week at a bar with my boyfriend and his mom. So that's usually my splurge day. This system really works for me, and if I cheat it, the only person I'm gonna hurt is me. I also don't restrict the food I can have. If I want something, I work it out to have the points to eat it. Like lindalee said, just not a whole bag or box of what I have a taste for.

The bolded part is exactly what I do. I track everything and if I am craving something that I know isn't the best for me, I work it into my points. Sometimes it takes me a day or so to make sure I can fit it into my points, but I always make it work.

I also try not to use the weekly points. If I do, its not a big deal, but I do try to keep to my daily points allowance without going over.

[greengirl536]

I've never gone over my weekly points so I don't see eating anything within that framework as cheating.

But I do make sure that the high calorie things I'm eating have some nutritional value and are awesome.

I buy dark chocolate at the grocery store with all my other foods. Then when I'm really low on points for a day at bedtime or just bored with my usual snacks I go and break a piece off. I'd never want to spend the points on junk because it's not satisfying. Peanut butter is another good snack like this.

Also, I don't eat wheat or gluten so many of the typical cheat foods just don't speak to me. Once I stop eating something I start to lose interest in it unless it's something special (challah bread french toast!).

[SoMuchFattitude]

Strict strict strict - oh god, I even tracked Easter and it's wasn't pretty, but I kept myself accountable and did it.

[QuilterInVA]

I track every BLT every day, even it is way over points. It's how I learn to adapt the plan to my life. And don't forget, it's not just staying within your points, it's also getting in the GHGs and movement every day.

[Porthardygurl]

I tracked for Easter..and i was lucky if i made it to my DP's...however.. yesterday i dug into my weekly points for the first time..only 5 though...However my scale said i was up 3 pounds since the last time i weighed..Im guessing it must be a water weight thing...i have been eating salty things lately..craving for salty over sweet.

[BreathingSpace]

Originally Posted by JustB1027

I am just curious as to how strictly everyone is following their plan? Do you allow yourself cheat days? Just trying to figure out how to make this work for me!

Ok so at the beginning I followed it stricly, ate only my points daily and then ate half my weekly 49 points on the weekend. Was losing pretty good (1.5-2 lb weekly). Now I've gotten lax and go over my points daily (by at least 2-5) and lax on the weekend, but surprisingly I'm still losing weight! Just not as quickly of course (maybe 1-2 lb biweekly).

Which actually makes me happy because I feel I'm almost in maintenance mode right now which is completely doable in my life and I never ever feel deprived. I'm going to tighten up my points again though because I still have 30 lb to lose!